regress
noun
- 1
returning to a former state
- 2
the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence
verb
- 1
go back to bad behavior
Those who recidivate are often minor criminals
- 2
get worse or fall back to a previous condition
- 3
go back to a previous state
We reverted to the old rules
- 4
go back to a statistical means
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